Cost of Maintaining Pension Liabilities Level for May
June 27, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The economic cost of maintaining liability for a defined benefit (DB) pension plan in May remained level at 108.7% of the same liability,...
Administration
Dietrich Warns DB Sponsors Against Doing Nothing
June 26, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The relative attractiveness of annuitizing pension liabilities fell for the second month in a row, according to Dietrich & Associates, Inc.’s Pension Risk...
Ill. Teachers Pension Further Lowers Return Assumption
June 25, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Illinois Teachers’ Retirement System (TRS) Board of Trustees lowered the fund’s assumed rate of investment return to 7.5% from 8%.
Dispelling Myths About Indexing
June 25, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The effectiveness of indexing as an investment strategy has clearly taken hold in the industry, as evidenced by the difference in cash flows...
Pension Liabilities, Deficits Increase in May
June 20, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The funded status of the largest defined benefit (DB) plans in the United States decreased in May, according to data from consulting and...
NJ Public Pension Fund to Take Governor to Court
June 20, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – New Jersey’s Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS) has decided to take the state’s governor to court to stop reductions in pension payments.
Tenn. Law Requires Local Government Pension Funding
June 19, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam has signed into law a bill that officials say is designed to ensure Tennessee local government entities fully pay...
NCR Offers Pension Lump Sums to Retirees
June 12, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – NCR Corporation is offering a second defined benefit plan lump-sum window—this time to retirees and beneficiaries already receiving monthly benefits.
DB Buyout Cost Ticks Up in April
June 11, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The cost of purchasing an annuity to cover defined benefit (DB) plan liabilities continues to tick up, while the cost of maintaining pension...
Diversity Can Benefit Investment Committees
June 11, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Plan investment committees could benefit from a greater diversity in membership, says a new paper from Vanguard.
Public Pension Funding Should Improve in 2014
June 10, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A report about the funding of state and local pensions notes 2014 could be a pivotal year.
80% of DB Sponsors Interested in Risk Transfer
June 9, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Eight in 10 defined benefit (DB) plan sponsors expressed interest in pension risk transfer products.
PSNC 2014: DB Plan De-Risking
June 5, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The effort to de-risk defined benefit (DB) pension plans is an immensely complex task that presents no shortage of challenges or opportunities to...
Funding of S&P 1500 Plans Unchanged in May
June 4, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An analysis by consulting firm Mercer finds that funding for defined benefit (DB) pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies remained relatively unchanged...
PSNC 2014: Fixed Income and Stable Value
June 4, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The stable value market has changed significantly post financial crisis, says Josh Kruk, head of stable value portfolio management at Dwight Asset Management,...
Funded Status of Corporate DB Plans Decline
June 4, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The funded status of corporate defined benefit (DB) pension plans decreased in May, says a recent BNY Mellon analysis.
Institutional Plan Sponsors See Modest Gains in Q1
May 28, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Institutional retirement plan sponsors benefited from continued gains in domestic equity and fixed income during the first quarter of 2014, says an analysis...
Foundations and Endowments Seek to Lower Investment Risks
May 23, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Foundations and endowments appear to be transitioning portfolios away from their largest holdings, according to eVestment, a provider of investment data analytics.
Are Mutual Fund Managers Driven to Perform?
May 23, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) — A recent analysis from Gerstein Fisher challenges the notion that mutual fund managers don't have as much incentive to outperform as peers running...
CalPERS Adopts Policies to Contain Contribution Increases
May 23, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) Board of Administration approved new actuarial policies to contain rate increases for small public agency employers.